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College roundup: Vermont earns America East upset win

Bernard Yeboah's blast from 25 yards out with four minutes left in regulation lifted No. 5-seeded Vermont to a 2-1 victory over No. 4 Albany in the first round of the America East men's soccer tournament on Saturday afternoon.

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College roundup: Vermont earns America East upset win

Vermont's Bernard Yeboah (10) kicks the ball during the men's soccer game between the Dartmouth Big Green and the Vermont Catamounts at Virtue Field on Wednesday afternoon October 1, 2014 in Burlington, Vermont.(Photo: Free Press File)Buy Photo

ALBANY, N.Y. – Bernard Yeboah's blast from 25 yards out with four minutes left in regulation lifted No. 5-seeded Vermont to a 2-1 victory over No. 4 Albany in the first round of the America East men's soccer tournament on Saturday afternoon.

The Catamounts (8-8-2) earn their first playoff win since 2008 and move on to face top-seeded UMBC in Baltimore on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Alfonso Pinheiro gave Albany a 1-0 lead early in the first half, finishing off a pas from Keith Traut.

Vermont responded 15 minutes later, knotting the game at 1 on Brian Wright's team-leading eighth goal of the season. Jamie Miralles earned the assist on the play.

The Catamounts netted the go-ahead goal in the 86th minute. Yeboah ran onto a ball from Miralles and fired in a hard shot to the right side of the net.

Conor Leland picked up the win in the Vermont net with three saves. Michael Pizzuti was credited with four stops for Albany, which finish the year 4-9-6.

Field hockey

• Adelphi 6, St. Michael's 3: St. Michael's netted three late goals but could not close the gap and fell to Adelphi in NE-10 Conference play.

Marjolein Kerstjens scored two goals for the Purple Knights (8-8, 4-5), while Megan Deschaine also tallied. Sarah Healey had 11 saves in goal to take the loss.

Mary Plotas had a hat trick for Adelphi (12-4, 7-2) and Molly Cuevas turned in two goals and an assist. Samantha Nizich also scored and Amanda Gargiulo made two saves.

Women's ice hockey

• New Hampshire 5, Vermont 1: Julia Fedeski had a goal and two assists as New Hampshire scored five unanswered goals to hand Vermont its first Hockey East loss.

The Wildcats, who got two power plays goals and a shorthanded tally, saw five players score. Jonna Curtis, Sara Carlson, Amy Boucher and Amy Schlagel each found the back of the net for UNH (3-8-1, 1-4-0). Ashley Wilkes made 21 stops in the win.

Brittany Zuback scored the lone goal for Vermont (6-3-1,1-1-0) and Madison Litchfield made 27 saves in a losing effort.

• St. Anselm 2, St. Michael's 1: St. Michael's surrendered the go-ahead goal with 5.6 seconds remaining in regulation to fall to St. Anselm.

Amanda Kempainen scored for St. Michael's (0-3) with assists from Fernanda Saavedra and Emily Loebs. Tina Frasca made a career-high 47 saves in the loss.

• Middlebury 48, Tufts 13: Middlebury quarterback Matt Milano accounted for all seven touchdowns as the Panthers closed their season with a 48-13 win over Tufts on Youngman Field at Alumni Stadium.

Milano's day saw him complete 29 of 43 passes for a career-high 442 yards and six touchdown passes. Brendan Rankowitz caught 10 passes for 161 yards with a pair of touchdowns, while Daniel Fulham finished with seven catches for 54 yards with a two scores. Ryan Rizzo finished the afternoon with five receptions for 116 yards and a touchdown, while Matthew Minno earned four catches for 81 yards with a scoring strike.

Middlebury finishes the season with five-consecutive victories to earn a 6-2 record, good for third place in the NESCAC.

• Castleton 21, Gallaudet 0: Castleton shut out an opponent for the second time as it rolled to a win over host Gallaudet.

George Busharis was 11-for-24 in the contest for 125 yards and one touchdown with two interceptions. Kevin Alberque led the receiving corps with four catches for 72 yards and also added 37 rushing yards on six attempts for the Spartans (6-3). Corey Brimmer rushed for 39 yards on 12 attempts and scored both of Castleton's touchdowns.

• Norwich 13, Maritime (N.Y.) 6: Wesley Madeiros hit two second-quarter field goals and Norwich held off host Maritime to capture the win.

Medeiros hit from 35 and 24 yards to give the Cadets (7-2) a 6-0 lead at halftime. Joshua Woodward then ran it into the end zone from 12 yards out for the lone Norwich touchdown of the day.

Woodward led the Norwich offense, going 16-for-31 for 189 yards in the air and rushing for 59 yards.

Kyle Gardner scored for Maritime with under two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.